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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jan-Paul Charteris" data-source="post: 1270918" data-attributes="member: 71800">They all seem to differ little from Australian Shelduck, except for the lack of Neck ring and narrow eye ring in the male, and more extensive white on the face of females, all of which could have been added (or taken away if you prefer) by the influence of Ruddy or Cape genes. The only parent species that seems at least very likely is Australian. I'm pretty sure I've seen shelducks of some variety at Slimbridge in the past (years ago) that appeared to be hybrids. Tried digging out the photos but most of them appear to have been lost (aside from a couple of nice portraits of pure looking Cape Shelducks)Jan</blockquote>